Map of Sugar City town, Colorado

Sugar City is a Statutory Town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States. The population was 259 at the 2020 census.

A post office called Sugar City has been in operation since 1900. The community was named for the fact it once was a sugar manufacturing center.

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History

Sugar City was named for its sugar beet factory, established in 1899. It was owned by the National Beet Sugar Company. During a drought in the 1950s the wastewater lagoons at the factory dried, producing a smell that overwhelmed the town. The factory closed in 1967.

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Geography

Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at 38°13′55″N 103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W / 38.23194; -103.66472 (38.231866, -103.664851). Colorado State Highway 96 leads west 5 miles (8 km) to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast 33 miles (53 km) to Haswell.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km), all of it land.

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